Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Williams, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Sam Williams registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Sam Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Williams
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam his X mark Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsSam Williams reported 9 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Walker County
- Alfred Williamsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Bristol Williamsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Ceaser Williamsborn in Georgia
- Edwin Williamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- George Williamsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
Williamses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Williams
- Williamson 30
- William 16
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 16 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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